What is Women's Reproductive Health?
Reproductive Rights
"Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence."
- World Health Organization
- World Health Organization
No matter what gender, age, ethnicity, or religion you are, you have the right to make decisions about your health and your future. Equality should be demonstrated in all aspects of health care.
Women's Reproductive Health
Women's Reproductive Health (WRH) covers the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention and health issues in a woman's reproductive system. The woman's reproductive system includes the uterus, cervix, vagina, fallopian tubes, and breasts.
Women's Reproductive services include STI/STD testing and treatment (HPV treatments, HIV tests, etc.), contraception, cancer screening and prevention (pap tests, breast exams, etc.), pregnancy tests and services, and education.
Women's Reproductive services include STI/STD testing and treatment (HPV treatments, HIV tests, etc.), contraception, cancer screening and prevention (pap tests, breast exams, etc.), pregnancy tests and services, and education.
The Facts and Figures
Teen Reproductive and Sexual Health (Guttmacher Institute)
- Although only 13% of teens have had sex by age 15, most initiate sex in their later teen years. By their 19th birthday, seven in 10 female and male teens have had intercourse.
- On average, young people have sex for the first time at about age 17, but they do not marry until their mid-20s. This means that young adults may be at increased risk for unintended pregnancy and STIs for nearly a decade or longer.
- The condom is the most common contraceptive method used at first intercourse; 68% of females and 80% of males use it the first time they have sex.
- In 2006, only 5% of American high schools made condoms available to students.
- Young people aged 13–24 made up about 17% of all people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the United States in 2008.
- Each year, almost 750,000 U.S. women aged 15–19 become pregnant. Two-thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among 18–19-year-olds.
For more facts on this topic, please visit http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html
Planned Parenthood
- 1 in 5 women have used, or will use Planned Parenthood in her lifetime
- Planned Parenthood also offers services to men, and non-reproductive health services, such as basic physicals.
- a majority of the funding for PP goes to STI/STD Testing
- their funding comes from 3 main sources: private contributions, non-government health services, and government health services grants and reimbursements.
For more facts on this topic, please visit http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
- Although only 13% of teens have had sex by age 15, most initiate sex in their later teen years. By their 19th birthday, seven in 10 female and male teens have had intercourse.
- On average, young people have sex for the first time at about age 17, but they do not marry until their mid-20s. This means that young adults may be at increased risk for unintended pregnancy and STIs for nearly a decade or longer.
- The condom is the most common contraceptive method used at first intercourse; 68% of females and 80% of males use it the first time they have sex.
- In 2006, only 5% of American high schools made condoms available to students.
- Young people aged 13–24 made up about 17% of all people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the United States in 2008.
- Each year, almost 750,000 U.S. women aged 15–19 become pregnant. Two-thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among 18–19-year-olds.
For more facts on this topic, please visit http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html
Planned Parenthood
- 1 in 5 women have used, or will use Planned Parenthood in her lifetime
- Planned Parenthood also offers services to men, and non-reproductive health services, such as basic physicals.
- a majority of the funding for PP goes to STI/STD Testing
- their funding comes from 3 main sources: private contributions, non-government health services, and government health services grants and reimbursements.
For more facts on this topic, please visit http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
